(“Kachu no Nihongun (The Japanese Army in Central China),” Hatano Sumio and Tobe Ryoichi(ed.), Nitchu Senso no Gunjiteki Tenkai (Military Development of the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945), Keiogijuku Daigaku Shuppan-kai, 2006)

(“Senzen Nihon no Seiji to Gunji: Tosuiken Dokuritsu wo Chushin to shite (The Military and Politics in Prewar Japan: On the Independence of Supreme Command),” Tochigi Shigaku (The Tochigi Journal of Japanese History) 18, 2004)